"bridge" in seven languages
Meaningbridge
Spanish
puente
/ˈpwente/
masc.inherited
Also a long weekend: hacer puente.
French
pont
/pɔ̃/
masc.inherited
Italian
ponte
/ˈponte/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
ponte
/ˈpõtʃi/
fem.inherited
Feminine in Portuguese: a ponte.
Romanian
pod
/pod/
neut.other source · Old Church Slavonic podŭ 'floor, base'
plural: poduri
Catalan
pont
/pon/
masc.inherited
English
bridge
/bɹɪdʒ/
native English · Old English brycg
English → ItalianbridgeponteNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: pontoon, pontiff, transpontine.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PONTEM (nom. PŌNS)‘bridge’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish diphthongises the Ŏ even in a closed syllable (puen-te); French nasalises it (pont). A pontiff was originally a 'bridge-maker' priest.
English relatives: pontoon, pontiff, transpontine
Sound laws at work
Learn it
In a sentence
- esCruza el puente y gira a la izquierda.
- frTraverse le pont et tourne à gauche.
- itAttraversa il ponte e gira a sinistra.
- ptAtravesse a ponte e vire à esquerda.
- roTreci podul și fă la stânga.
- caTravessa el pont i gira a l'esquerra.
- enCross the bridge and turn left.
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